MURAL GUIDE I-82 1. CLEARING THE LAND 45. LONG ROUTE—SHORT DAY 2. HALLER’S DEFEAT 46. SPECIAL DELIVERY 3. FIFTEEN MILES & A CHANGE OF HORSES 47. PATTERNS OF LIFE 4. NEWELL’S DRIVE 48. 100 YEARS IN TOPPENISH 5. THE INDIAN STICK GAME 49. THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN DANCE TOPPENISH 6. CHRISTMAS AT LOGY CREEK 50. THE OWL DANCE County 7. THE RHYTHMS OF CELILO 51. ALL ABOARD Fire 8. PARADISE ROW 52. THE MARION DRAIN Station Where the West Still Lives in the City of Murals & Museums 9. WHEN HOPS WERE PICKED BY HAND 53. CATTLE DRIVE 10. (Removed Blank) 54. LEGENDS OF THE YAKAMA 11. THE BLACKSMITH SHOP 55. INDIAN HORSE RACES 12. AT THE PEAK OF HARVEST 56. TRADING WITH THE YAKAMA Phone 509-865-3262 13. RODEO 57. FROM HORSE TO HORSELESS CARRIAGE www.VisitToppenish.com 14. FORT SIMCOE...THE OLDEN DAYS 58. WHEN ELECTRICITY CAME TO THE VALLEY

15. THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY—1855 59. THE MYSTERY HOUSE Chehalis 16. THE BLANKET TRADERS 60. BRACEROS 79 48 To Zillah & I-82 Exit 52 17. THE CROSSROADS TO MARKET 61. SUMMER TIME FUN Beech 18. (Removed Blank) 62. FUELING UP 62 19. HOUSE CALLS—OLD STYLE 63. BARN DANCE 20. INDIANS’ WINTER ENCAMPMENT 64. NP RAILROAD: ACROSS THE VALLEY RV Dump Chestnut Allen/Lincoln 21. THE OLD SATURDAY MARKET 65. WINTERING WATERFOWL Washington Ave. Park 22. THE RUTH PARTON STORY 66. POW WOW, FERRIS WHEEL & COTTON CANDY 51 8 Lincoln Ave.

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24. THE OLD LILLIE MANSION 68. YAKAMA NATION TREATY SIGNING OF 1855 To I-82 Exit 50 Railroad Tracks Swimming 25. THE LIBERTY THEATRE 69. PIONEER BUSINESS WOMAN Pool 69 26. COW CAMP 70. FROM FIELD TO MARKET Olney Les Schwab A St. 27. MAUD BOLIN—HER STORY 71. TRANSPORTATION IN THE WEST Park 2 28. STAGE COACH RACES 72. POLO MURAL Library Tires 27 29. THE PALACE HOTEL OF TOPPENISH 73. A CELEBRATION OF AGRICULTURE 23 70 30 L St. & Meyers Rd. 30. THE TOPPENISH TRADING COMPANY 74. SAFEWAY MEAT MARKET Washington Ave. 31. ESTELLE REEL MEYER (1862-1959) 75. OLD DOWNTOWN 73 E. Toppenish Ave 32. HOP MUSEUM MURALS 76. FIRE STATION 39 33. WHEN A PERMIT WASN’T REQUIRED 77. DON BROWN 20 R.R. 63 Lane Patterson 34. THE LOU SHATTUCK STORY 78. DON BROWN 12 Park Park 78 Park 55 Rail & TrainSteam Depot Museum 35. THE OLD SCHOOL BARNS 79. CAMPBELL’S GROCERY 64 36. WESTERN HOSPITALITY Jefferson Ave. 22 6 34 4 77 S. Elm St./Hwy 22 37 32 37. HANGING OUT AND HANGING UP 11 Rentschler Lane 5 1 38. HALLOWEEN PRANKS Toppenish Ave. 38 American 39. THE SURVEY PARTY Guyette Ave. 67 42 Old Timers Plaza Hop Museum 40. THE PIX THEATRE 43 9 Yakama Nation to Yakima Ideal 16 36 Hardware Safeway 47 41. ALEX McCOY Cultural Center 54 74 15 40 17 42. WILDLIFE 58 AlderP.O. St. City 44 41 43. IRISH DICK 56 52 33 31 Park. Hall 14 44. PRESUMED INNOCENT Police Fort Simcoe 30 mi. Fort Road West 1st Ave. West 1st Ave. 65 45 Division St. 68 50 49 3 57 46 Legends 53 Hwy 97 72 13 25 21 60 59 24 35 Casino Washington 28 75 Hotel Beef 29 West 2nd Ave. City 76 Fire Bolin Drive S. Toppenish Ave.

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Quality Inn 66 and Suites West 4th Ave. 19 Astria Toppenish Inn Toppenish Hospital © 2021 Yakima Valley Tourism, 800-221-0751, www.VisitYakima.com. For individual use only. Not to be volume reproduced or Mural Office graphical elements used without the express, written 504 S. Elm Street consent of the Yakima Valley Tourism. 1. CLEARING THE LAND. 15. THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY—1855. 30. THE TOPPENISH TRADING COMPANY. 45. LONG ROUTE—SHORT DAY. 60. BRACEROS The first Mural-in-a-Day, painted on June 3, 1989. Designed by Phil Roger Cooke of Sandy, Oregon, painted the signing of the Treaty of 1855 The Trading Company was one of the first buildings in Toppenish Kooser of Yakima, the mural was painted under his direction by 15 west- by Governor Stevens of the Washington Territory and several Northwest and was built on railroad property since there were no lots available 46. SPECIAL DELIVERY. 61. SUMMER TIME FUN. ern artists who collaborated on the 40-foot painting. Indian chiefs - here represented by Chief Kamiakin of the Yakamas. at the time. The painting was designed by Bill McCusker and painted These two murals were 1997 Murals-in-a-Day, designed by Jack Fordyce. In On June 14, 1925, the first swimming pool was opened and was privately by 12 artists. 1907, mail was first delivered to the rural areas of Toppenish. This was the owned about a quarter mile west of Toppenish. This mural, painted in one 2. HALLER’S DEFEAT. 16. THE BLANKET TRADERS. early start of Rural Free Delivery. The postman had to furnish his own horse and day by a dozen artists, depicts the family fun enjoyed in those days. It is Painted by famed Western artist Fred Oldfield, the mural portrays a Artist Robert Morgan of Clancy, Montana, made certain that the blankets 31. ESTELLE REEL MEYER (1862-1959). buggy. Routes were about 23 miles long. on the side of the swimming pool building on Lincoln Avenue. Lead artist battle fought in 1855 between troops from Fort Dalles in Oregon and an being traded are authentic patterns of the time. The mural is above Mrs. Meyer, appointed by President McKinley as Director of Indian was Roger Cooke. estimated 1,000 Yakama Indians. Kraff’s clothing store on South Toppenish Ave. Education for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1898, was the first woman 47. PATTERNS OF LIFE. to hold that post. The mural was painted by artist Joe Chen. By artist Janet Essley and painted on the Toppenish Pawn and Trade building, 62. FUELING UP. 3. FIFTEEN MILES & A CHANGE OF HORSES. 17. THE CROSSROADS TO MARKET. this mural shows unique and beautiful designs on baskets made by the This mural on the west wall of the school bus garage near the railroad Designed by Phil Kooser and painted by 14 western artists from around Former Toppenish resident and artist Robert Thomas shows the various 32. HOP MUSEUM MURALS. Yakama people which represent the oldest continuous art form in the Valley, tracks shows school buses in a scene circa 1930 at the Four Way Filling the Pacific Northwest, the second Mural-in-a-Day on West First Street methods of moving hops to market in this huge mural in Old Timers The artist, Eric Allen Grohe, has created a fantastic trompe l ‘oeil one that is still practiced today. Station. By artists Bill McCusker and Jack Fordyce. takes you back to the Toppenish Stagecoach Depot of the 1880’s. The Plaza. which make the plain stucco surface of the American Hop Museum depot burned down in 1928. appear to have intricate architectural arches into which are painted 48. 100 YEARS IN TOPPENISH. 63. BARN DANCE. 18. THE OLD CHUCKWAGON. three hop scenes. In 1896, Toppenish had lots of sagebrush, a few buildings, and no churches. The Noted western artist Lesa Delisi led the team of about a dozen women 4. NEWELL’S DRIVE. The fourth Mural-in-a-Day designed by artist Newman Myrah and town’s first church was incorporated as the Methodist Church on August 26, who created this nostalgic scene of an old barn dance. You can find artist Don Crook’s paintings in galleries around the country, painted by a dozen northwest artists shows the red and green chuck- 33. WHEN A PERMIT WASN’T REQUIRED. 1898. Painted by Roger Cooke. but nowhere will you find a bigger one than this mural. Artist Don Crook wagon that was a common sight at roundup time. Local artist Gary Kerby shows the effect of an impending storm on a 64. NP RAILROAD: ACROSS THE VALLEY. painted “Newell’s Drive” to illustrate a horse round-up led by early Top- cattle drive. The spooked cattle run down the middle of Main Street. 49. THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN DANCE. A Mural-in-a-Day coordinated by Robert Walton, the painting represents penish pioneer Charlie Newell. It took six weeks to complete the 70-foot 19. HOUSE CALLS—OLD STYLE. This dance is done to traditional Indian songs. The name was derived from a an era when sagebrush and bunch grass grew rampant on the Valley scene. Yakima artists Jack Fordyce and Phil Kooser show Toppenish’s Dr. 34. THE LOU SHATTUCK STORY. legend of some Indian boys who were playing warrior games on the prairie floor. It was in the early 1800’s when the railroad came to the Valley, with Johnson switching to his horse & buggy when his brand new automobile Artist Don Gray has painted L. S. (Lou) Shattuck (1892-1978),one of the and who looked over a bluff to see a group of prairie chickens dancing (it was construction beginning in the spring of 1884. 5. THE INDIAN STICK GAME. wouldn’t start. On the wall of Toppenish Hospital. original Toppenish Pow Wow Rodeo boosters and local character. the mating season!). It is also known as the Round Bustle Dance. Painted by “The Indian Stick Game” by artist Mavis Willson shows Northwest native artist George Flett. 65. WINTERING WATERFOWL. Indians gathered around to pit their wits and luck against one another. 20. INDIANS’ WINTER ENCAMPMENT. 35. THE OLD SCHOOL BARNS. Painted by Dave Bartholet, this mural shows the migratory waterfowl The age-old stick game was played by Indians at any function where they Hulan Fleming, painted this mural to depict a typical winter encamp- In the early 1900’s some students made the daily trip to Lincoln and 50. THE OWL DANCE. attracted to the Toppenish Creek refuge just south of town. had the space and time. ment. It is located on the north wall of the Kirkwood Building on South Garfield schools on horseback. Both schools had barns to house the Painted by native artist George Flett depicting a traditional dance in which Toppenish Ave. horses while the children were in class. Originally painted in 1995, both men and women participate. 66. POW WOW, FERRIS WHEEL & COTTON CANDY. 6. CHRISTMAS AT LOGY CREEK. repainted as mural in a day 24 on June 1st 2013. Kennewick artist Don Brown designed this two-panel double mural Artist Fred Oldfield painted a scene from his own past as a former cow- 21. THE OLD SATURDAY MARKET. 51. ALL ABOARD. depicting scenes from Toppenish rodeos in the past. The panels frame the boy from Toppenish. In this mural, two Indians share their fire and food Artist Robert Thomas, who remembers the Saturday Toppenish market 36. WESTERN HOSPITALITY. Painted in sepia-tones by artist Bill Ross, it shows the busy Toppenish Depot south entrance to the rodeo grounds on Division Street. with a cowboy friend. from his youth, brings the scene to life in this mural at Central Valley When the frontier towns were settled, the oldest profession was part of nearly 100 years ago. Bank. the scene. So it was in Toppenish. On the second floor windows of the 67. YAKAMA LEADERS. 7. THE RHYTHMS OF CELILO. Logan Building on Division Street, you can see the ladies, and get a feel- 52. THE MARION DRAIN. Painted by Adrian Larvie, this mural depicts four leaders of the Yakama Phil Kooser has brought back the traditional fishing ritual practiced by 22. THE RUTH PARTON STORY. ing for the ebb and flow of activities. Painted by artist Betty Billups. The 1998 Mural-in-a-Day, designed by Robert Thomas and painted by a dozen Indian Nation. Indian tribes of the Toppenish area. The mural captures the life and feel- Artist Lesa Delisi painted this homage to Ruth Parton, one of several participating artists, shows the huge project that helped control flooding, ing of a bygone day. Jack Fordyce assisted in the painting. interesting women who helped put Toppenish on the map. Parton rode 37. HANGING OUT AND HANGING UP. providing a channel for drainage of water on the reservation. 68. YAKAMA NATION TREATY SIGNING OF 1855. broncos, performed as a trick rider, rode relay races at rodeos around the The eighth annual Mural-in-a-Day by Jack Fordyce is one of the This Mural-in-a-Day was designed in three panels by Roger Cooke and 8. PARADISE ROW. country and was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. two murals on the “Public Westrooms.” A breezy spring in the early 53. CATTLE DRIVE. painted on the Legends Casino building in celebration of the 150th an- Artist Val Kerby of Toppenish painted this version of Toppenish’s first main 1900’s finds mom hanging the clothes and dad reading a catalog in The first cattle in the Yakima Valley were brought in by Chief Kamiakin in 1840. niversary of the signing. street in 1905. Gary Kerby assisted his father with the painting. 23. HAYING..A CENTURY AGO. the “library.” Many more cattle drives came through the Valley in later years. This mural The fifth Mural-in-a-Day designed by Robert Thomas and painted by 11 depicts the life and times of the cattle drover on such a drive. Painted by artist 69. PIONEER BUSINESS WOMAN. 9. WHEN HOPS WERE PICKED BY HAND. artists from around the Northwest. Toppenish was one of the leaders in 38. HALLOWEEN PRANKS. Don Gray, assisted by Jared Gray. Clara Kraff was one of Toppenish’s pioneer business women, first doing This mural by Robert Thomas of Kooskia, Idaho, shows an early hop the growing of alfalfa hay. The second half of the 1996 Mural-in-a-Day, on the “Public West- business with a small store at an area hop field and later with her hus- harvest when the crop was picked by Native Americans from all over the rooms,” also has a theme relating to outhouses. 54. LEGENDS OF THE YAKAMA. band in downtown Toppenish. By artist Don Crook. Northwest, who came to the Toppenish area each year and set up en- 24. THE OLD LILLIE MANSION. This mural depicts several well-known and revered Yakama Indian legends, campments next to the fields. The mural was funded by the hop industry, In 1893, Nevada and Josephine Lillie built a 10-room, two-story home 39. THE SURVEY PARTY. including the legend of Spilyay, the trickster who most often appeared as a 70. FROM FIELD TO MARKET. as was the park called Old Timers Plaza, adjacent to the mural. with two inside bathrooms, steam heat, and a generator for electrical After Governer Stevens was informed by Lt. George B. McClellan that coyote. Painted by Cameron Blagg, assisted by Gene Andy, Gene Andy Jr., and Located on the wall facing East Toppenish Avenue on the Food Bank power. She is remembered as the “Mother of Toppenish,” having platted Snoqualmie Pass was im-passable during the winter, he directed A. W. Pat Coffey on the Yakamart building at Highway 97 and Fort Road. building, this three panel mural designed by Bill Ross depicts how local 10. HOT AND DUSTY WORK. much of the town. The mural was painted by Ju-hong “Joe” Chen. Tinkam to resurvey the route. By artist Gary Kerby. crops got to market via the neighborhood grocery. The third Mural-in-a-Day painted on what is now a free standing wall. 55. INDIAN HORSE RACES. Designed by Phil Kooser, the mural depicts the annual round-up and 25. THE LIBERTY THEATRE. 40. THE PIX THEATRE. Charlie Newell’s knowledge of the Indian language and his acquaintance with 71. TRANSPORTATION IN THE WEST. branding of cattle. Artist Lanny Little, used “architectural illusion” to give this mural a three- The J.D. Keck building, constructed in 1911, became the Pix Theatre in the Yakama’s enabled him to avert a crisis. The Indian Agency had forbidden Roger Cooke’s 20th anniversary Mural-in-a-Day celebrates all the modes dimensional look when viewed from a distance. Panels depict wild horses 1940. The 16 windows, painted by Lisa Delisi, portray lawyers, judges, the racing of horses on the track and gambling at their meets. At Newell’s of transportation which influenced the growth of the Toppenish area. 11. THE BLACKSMITH SHOP. running free as they do in the Toppenish hills. and physicians who came to town in the early 1900’s. suggestion, the Yakama’s drafted a request to Washington D.C. to rescind the Roger Cooke, a well-known artist from Sandy, Oregon, has recreated a order, which was granted. Painted by local artist Ken Carter. 72. POLO MURAL. composite of one of the four early day blacksmith shops in Toppenish at 26. COW CAMP. 41. ALEX McCOY. Polo was once a thriving sport in the lower Yakima Valley. This impressive the turn of the century. Blacksmith shops were the backbone of the local For years the Logy Creek Cattle Association Cow Camp served as Born near The Dalles, Oregon, in 1835, Alex McCoy was a descendant of 56. TRADING WITH THE YAKAMA. mural by Prosser artist Ken Carter was commissioned by members of the economy then, repairing wagon wheels, shoeing horses, and manufactur- headquarters for local Indian round-ups. Here the unmarked calves were the Wishram and Wasco tribes. He was a policeman under four different Some of the first contact between white men and the Yakama’s involved Toppenish Polo Club. ing various metal products. branded before being pushed out to higher range. By artists Bob F. Pierce Indian agents, and served one term as an Indian judge. The mural was trading. And some of the most prized trading items were horses. Painted by and Newman Myrah. painted by Beryl Thomas and Jack Fordyce in 1996. Cameron Blagg, assisted by Gene Andy, Gene Andy Jr., and Pat Coffey on the 73. A CELEBRATION OF AGRICULTURE 12. AT THE PEAK OF HARVEST. Yakamart building at Highway 97 and Fort Road. Artist Gary Kerby displays the impact agriculture has had in shaping the Sponsored by Toppenish’s Bouchey families—potato growers—the mural 27. MAUD BOLIN—HER STORY. 42. WILDLIFE. Yakima Valley through this painting of real fruit labels used to sell produce illustrates the back-breaking work potato harvest was until the develop- Artist Larry Kangas has depicted Maud Bolin, one of the first female This mural, painted by Bill Ross and Jan Sovak of Alberta, Canada, 57. FROM HORSE TO HORSELESS CARRIAGE. in the Valley. ment of mechanized harvesting. Fred Oldfield, with a little help from his pilots and the first woman to parachute out of a plane. Bolin was also depicts wildlife native to this area prior to its settlement. Painted as 1999’s Mural-in-a-Day and designed by Ken Carter, this mural friends, completed this mural in the summer of 1991. a rodeo rider who competed in Madison Square Garden and in many of shows one of Toppenish’s early day gas stations, at one time known as the 74. SAFEWAY MEAT MARKET the famous rodeos around the West. 43. IRISH DICK. Windmill Service Station. 13. RODEO. In about 1910, a strapping, hard-drinking shepherd called Irish Dick 75. OLD DOWNTOWN Artist Newman Myrah of Portland, Oregon, painted a time-worn rodeo 28. STAGECOACH RACES. traded a pet bear cub to a Toppenish saloon-keeper for whiskey. Some 58. WHEN ELECTRICITY CAME TO THE VALLEY. poster with brick showing through. A photo of Myrah working on the In the early 1900’s, this was one of the highlights of each rodeo. The months later, the rowdy shepherd was in town when his grown-up pet Painted as 2000’s Mural-in-a-Day, it is located on the Benton Rural Electric 76. FIRE STATION mural has received widespread notoriety in local, regional, and national action-filled mural was painted by Don Gray of Union, Oregon. It is escaped, panicking townsfolk. He offered to return the bear to its tether. Association building at East Toppenish Avenue and “H” Street. It shows crews publications. He’s pictured on a ladder in his straw hat, painting the located on South Toppenish Ave. A terrible fight on Main Street ended when an unharmed bear was and farmers hooking up a farm house in the 1930’s to electricity. Designing 77. DON BROWN mural. Myrah came back later and surprised the town by painting himself returned to saloon servitude and a brave and bloodied Irishman was artist was Ken Carter of Prosser. into the mural on a ladder doing his work. 29. THE PALACE HOTEL OF TOPPENISH. taken to the hospital. Painted by Bill Ross and Jan Sovak. 78. DON BROWN Painted by Yakima artists Jack Fordyce and Phil Kooser, the mural on 59. THE MYSTERY HOUSE. 14. FORT SIMCOE...THE OLDEN DAYS. the El Corral Motel on Highway 97 shows a downtown Toppenish hotel 44. PRESUMED INNOCENT. Called the Mystery House because even today some details about its origin 79. CAMPBELL’S GROCERY A mural in four panels, it was painted in early 1992 by Val Kerby and around 1906. Painted by Bill Ross and Jan Sovak on the east wall of the city jail build- and use are not known, the house was built south of town. It is still standing, Paul Campbell of Yakima who grew up in Toppenish has graciously funded shows the fort area as it was in the early 1850’s. ing, this mural shows the trial of a farmer charged with diluting milk. in a weathered condition, on the old Goldendale Highway about six miles the mural which depicts his store founding parents in front of the early south of Toppenish. The mural was painted by Robert Walton. days of Campbell’s Grocery.

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